Wall-paper-hanging apparatus.



F. HUDDLESTON.

WALL PAPER HANGING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED OG T. 26. i915.

1,192,637. Patented July 25,1916.

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F. HUDDLESTON.

WALL PAPER HANGING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 26. I9I5.

Patented July 25, 1916.,

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FRANK HUDIDLESTN, 0F RADISSON, WISCONSIN.

WALL-PAPER-I-IANGING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 25, 1916.

yApplication led October 26, 1915. Sera1 No. 58,003.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK IIUnDLnsfroN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Radisson, in the county of Sawyer and State of lWisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in VVall-Paper-Hanging Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in appa latus for applying paper to a wall or ceiling. v

In carrying out my invention it is my purpose to provide a simple, cheap and easily operated device whereby paper may be wound upon a roller, paste applied to the paper and the paper applied upon a wall or ceiling with the least amountof physical eX- ertion and without necessitating the service of a skilled artisan.

A further object of the invention is to provide a machine or apparatus including a roller upon which the paper is wound, a paste receptacle having a brush attached thereto and means associated with the receptacle whereby a certain and desired amount of paste may be delivered to the paper upon the roller; said delivering` means being in the nature of a fluid, such as compressed air deposited in a receptacle arranged upon the device, and means being provided for regulating the pressure of said air.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character whereby the paper may be properly pasted upon a wall or ceiling at the corners thereof.

lilith the above and other objects in view, the improvement resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the device in operative position, F ig. 2 is a front elevation, parts being broken away and parts being shown in section, Fig. 3 is a central vertical transverse sectional view through Fig. 2, F ig. 4l is a detail front elevation with one of the roller supporting arms removed, and Fig. 5 is a similar elevation showing the crank connected with the roller.

In the drawings the numeral 1 designates a suitable pawl or handle which has secured thereon adjacent one of its ends a tank 2 the said tank being provided with a valvec inlet 3 whereby air or other fluid may be forced within the said tank at a desired pressure. Secured upon the handle 1 and leading from the said tank are angularly arranged pipe members Ll-el, said angular members being pro-vided with a connecting member 5 so that the said pipes l and 5 are substantially `V-shaped in elevation.

Secured centrally to the end of the tank 2 is a substantially U-shaped pipe member, the arms fle-t of which being connected by and communicating with a pipe member 5. EX- tending from the pipe 5 are a plurality of short pipes 7 which provide outlets for the pipe 5 and for the pipe sections il. Snugly fitted within the pipe 5 is a tube 8 that is provided with a plurality of openings 9, which when the tube 8 is rotated within the pipe 5, to one position, are adapted to register with the short pipes 7. The branch pipes 4 beyond the connecting pipe 5 are provided with solid extensions, and the numeral l0 designates a brush .which may rest upon shoulders providedby the said extensions and which has its head formed with openings through which pass the short pipes 7. The solid extension upon one of the branch pipes is projected a greater length than the other and is provided with an opening forming a bearing for a trunnion 10 of a roller 12. The opposite end of the roller is formed with a substantially frusto-conical concavity 13, the same receiving a frusto-conical member 111- provided upon one end of the removable member 15, the said removable member receiving one of the ends of an arm 16, the second end of the arm being reduced, as at 17, and being received within a slot or bore provided upon the solid extension 18 of the second arm or pipe member il. A screw 19 passes through the said bore 18 and engages with the member 17 to normally sustain the member 16. The members 15 and 16, of course, project a suitable distance beyond the end of the roller, but when the device is employed for pasting paper upon the corner of a. room, the said members 15 and 1G may be removed so that the said members will not interfere with the operation of the device in the corners of a room.

rIhe member 15 is in the nature of a threaded element and is threaded aperture in the member 13. The threaded member is, of course, removable and the threaded aperture in the member 14 may receive the threaded end of a crank handle 20 which is adapted to force the member lll into contact with the wall of the received in a concavity 13 and which when rotated, will wind the paper upon the roller 12.

Pivotally secured to the' handle or staff l is a lever 21, the said lever being normally swung` in one direction through the medium of a spring 22, while the numeral 23 designates a rod Which is connected with an offset portion or arm 24C arranged upon the member 8. rl`he spring 22 is normally adapted to rotate the member 8 to bring the perforations of the same out of register with the pipe members 7, but upon actuating the said lever it will be noted that the perforations 9 of the said member 8 will aline with thepipes 7 so that air will be delivered from the tank 2 and the paste within a paste box 25 arranged between the arms 1l-4f will be forced therefrom through the said` pipes and between the bristles of the brush and thus be readily applied to the paper roller 2l.

lf desired, a pipe section 26 may communicate with the air receptacle 2, the said pipe 2G having offset ends 27-27 which are arranged within the pipek sections 4 4 and the paste receptacle 25 may be provided with a central opening 28 arranged centrally between the pipe members 27-27. The paste will naturally gravitate through the opening 28 `to the central portion of the connected pipe members 44- As air is normally forced through the pipe 26 and vthe oppositely arranged ends or arms 27- 27 thereof, the said paste will be forced through the angular members l and there- -from to the rconnecting member 5 and will find an exit through theopening 9 in the member 8 to deposit a certain amount of paste from the tubes 7 to the brush 9.

From the above description, taken in lconnection with the accompanying drawings, the simplicity of the device, as well as the advantages thereof will, it is thought,

be perfectly apparent to those -skilled in i tacle containing paste yarranged below the roller, a brush connected with the receptacle, a compressed air tank communicating with the paste receptacle, and means for admitting air from the tank to the recep- Vtacle for -ejecting paste therefrom to the brush.

2. In a paper hanging apparatus, a roller upon which the paper is wound, a receptacle containing paste arranged below the roller, a brush connected with the receptacle, a compressed air tank communicating with the receptacle, rmeans for admitting air from the tank to theV receptacle for "ejecting paste therefrom to the brush, and

mechanism lfor regulating said means.:

3. ln a wall paper pasting apparatus, a staff, an air tank containing compressed fluid connected with the staff, a yreceptaclel `open the receptacle to the tube, and a roller trunnioned upon the staff opposite the brush.

l. In a device for the purpose set forth, a staff', a tank containing4 a compressed fluid secured thereon, a receptacle containing paste arranged above the fluid tank, a pipe member communicating with the fluid tank and surrounding` the paste receptacle and having solid extensions, a brush member secured to the said extensions, tubular members between the brush member rand the said pipe member, a tubular valve in the pipe member having perforations communi cating with the tubes, means yconnected with the staff for actuating the valve, and a roller journaled in bearings in the solid extensions ofthe pipe disposed above and in contacting relation with the brush.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK HUDDLESTON. lVitnesses: `r f J. W. ACKLEY, B. H.fMADDooKs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for live cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

